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THE LOYOLA MAROON VOLUME 68, NO. 8 LOYOLA UNIVERSITY, NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA 70118 OCTOBER 20, 1989 Lundy suspends tenured professor By John Davis, Kevin Shank and Tim Watson Staff writers Tenured associate professor of mathematics Dr. Stephen M. Scariano was suspended from his teaching duties Oct 11 and administrators have begun the process of terminating his contract. The Maroon has obtained a copy of a letter dated Oct. 11 sent to Scariano by the Rev. George F. Lundy, SJ., senior vice president and dean of Faculties. According to the letter, Scariano falsified his academic credentials when he was hired, promoted and reviewed for tenure. Normally a faculty member is not immediately suspended when the university initiates procedures to terminate him or her, according to the Faculty Handbook. Instead, a suspension occurs only under certain conditions. Scariano's suspension was ordered, according to Lundy's letter, because his "outbursts in the department of mathematical sciences have caused some concern on the part of some people in the department for their personal safety." The Faculty Handbook states that a faculty member may be suspended because "the president of the university judges that serious, immediate harm would come to a faculty member, whether tenured or not, to students, or to the university through the continued professional or teaching activity of a faculty member." Alan Abadie, director of Security, said that last week his office was called to assist university officials in connection with the matter. Officer Gregory M. Fernandez was stationed in the math department office most of the afternoon of Oct. 12. However, Abadie said the case involves a personnel matter and is not a criminal matter, and declined further comment. Lundy said Tuesday the case is a confidential personnel matter and declined to comment. Scariano refused to make a statement Wednesday. He graduated from Loyola in 1977 with a bachelor's of science degree. He graduated from Texas Tech University in 1981 with a master's of science degree, and earned his doctorate from Texas Tech, where he graduated in 1983. According to Lundy's letter, the administration is moving to terminate Scariano's contract because of omissions and falsifications in his academic credentials.The letter said Scariano's credentials omitted the fact that he spent time at the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1977- 78. Instead he claimed that he was at Texas Tech. Lundy also wrote that Scariano claimed to be an assistant professor at Texas Tech in 1983-84, when in fact he was a visiting assistant professor. Finally, according to the letter, Scariano failed to send Loyola a copy of his GIT transcript. An official at GIT who asked to remain anonymous told The Maroon Wednesday that Scariano attended GIT as a graduate student for two quarters, from September Experts applaud ABC's coverage of earthquake By John Davis Assistant News Editor ABC's coverage of Tuesday night's earthquake in California was the best of the three television networks, according to two Loyola professors and one expert from the field of television. Alvin Volker, executive producer for New Orleans' ABC affiliate WVUE-TV, has produced news shows covering such crises as hurricanes, riots and hijackings. "[ABC] had a tremendous advantage because they had extra crews in the area for World Series coverage and also KGO out there is known as a good news operation." — Alvin Volker Volker said ABC's coverage topped the other networks, in part because they were aided by local affiliate KGO. "They had a tremendous advantage because they had extra crews in the area for World Series coverage and also KGO out there is known as a good news operation," Volker said. He said ABC's fed Koppel acted responsibly when telling viewers that the pictures of the fire near the marina and the collapsed bridges were not representative of the entire city. "I thought Al Michaels did a good job presenting what he knew. And Koppel, of course, is a superb interviewer and focuser of problems and tensions," Volker said. "A lot of the slick little rules of TV news production are put on the backburner. They [KGO] just opened up the newsroom and put people on without their makeup and without scripts and were telling the story — and that's to their credit," he said. He was generally pleased, he said, with the TV networks' coverage of the earthquake.Dr. Michael Cremedas, assistant professor of communications, who covered a hurricane while working as news director at a television station in Virginia, said that ABC had an advantage because it had extra reporters in town for the World Series.Cremedas added that ABC's coverage was superior because the network featured Al Michaels, a sports commentator, who had lived in California and was familiar with locations and traffic in San Francisco. Also, Cremedas said, "They had Ted Koppel who's very good at doing on-thespot coverage of something like this." At one point in ABC's broadcast, Koppel announced that the network had no new information to offer the viewers. At that time the network began to broadcast KGO's coverage. "You've got to remember that the networks, in a situation like that, are trying to give continuous coverage, which means staying on the air for three or four hours," Cremedas said. Photo by Steve Wimberg How 'bout a Drink?— Caroline Soule, finance senior, and Kim Whittmann, communications senior, examine Monday in the activities quad a car damaged in a DWI accident. See Scariano/page 7 See Earthquake/page 7 Inside This v/h^ Brain -C&Qh Matter see Life V*l !^D and Times j, *L page 15 -t "T

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THE LOYOLA MAROON VOLUME 68, NO. 8 LOYOLA UNIVERSITY, NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA 70118 OCTOBER 20, 1989 Lundy suspends tenured professor By John Davis, Kevin Shank and Tim Watson Staff writers Tenured associate professor of mathematics Dr. Stephen M. Scariano was suspended from his teaching duties Oct 11 and administrators have begun the process of terminating his contract. The Maroon has obtained a copy of a letter dated Oct. 11 sent to Scariano by the Rev. George F. Lundy, SJ., senior vice president and dean of Faculties. According to the letter, Scariano falsified his academic credentials when he was hired, promoted and reviewed for tenure. Normally a faculty member is not immediately suspended when the university initiates procedures to terminate him or her, according to the Faculty Handbook. Instead, a suspension occurs only under certain conditions. Scariano's suspension was ordered, according to Lundy's letter, because his "outbursts in the department of mathematical sciences have caused some concern on the part of some people in the department for their personal safety." The Faculty Handbook states that a faculty member may be suspended because "the president of the university judges that serious, immediate harm would come to a faculty member, whether tenured or not, to students, or to the university through the continued professional or teaching activity of a faculty member." Alan Abadie, director of Security, said that last week his office was called to assist university officials in connection with the matter. Officer Gregory M. Fernandez was stationed in the math department office most of the afternoon of Oct. 12. However, Abadie said the case involves a personnel matter and is not a criminal matter, and declined further comment. Lundy said Tuesday the case is a confidential personnel matter and declined to comment. Scariano refused to make a statement Wednesday. He graduated from Loyola in 1977 with a bachelor's of science degree. He graduated from Texas Tech University in 1981 with a master's of science degree, and earned his doctorate from Texas Tech, where he graduated in 1983. According to Lundy's letter, the administration is moving to terminate Scariano's contract because of omissions and falsifications in his academic credentials.The letter said Scariano's credentials omitted the fact that he spent time at the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1977- 78. Instead he claimed that he was at Texas Tech. Lundy also wrote that Scariano claimed to be an assistant professor at Texas Tech in 1983-84, when in fact he was a visiting assistant professor. Finally, according to the letter, Scariano failed to send Loyola a copy of his GIT transcript. An official at GIT who asked to remain anonymous told The Maroon Wednesday that Scariano attended GIT as a graduate student for two quarters, from September Experts applaud ABC's coverage of earthquake By John Davis Assistant News Editor ABC's coverage of Tuesday night's earthquake in California was the best of the three television networks, according to two Loyola professors and one expert from the field of television. Alvin Volker, executive producer for New Orleans' ABC affiliate WVUE-TV, has produced news shows covering such crises as hurricanes, riots and hijackings. "[ABC] had a tremendous advantage because they had extra crews in the area for World Series coverage and also KGO out there is known as a good news operation." — Alvin Volker Volker said ABC's coverage topped the other networks, in part because they were aided by local affiliate KGO. "They had a tremendous advantage because they had extra crews in the area for World Series coverage and also KGO out there is known as a good news operation," Volker said. He said ABC's fed Koppel acted responsibly when telling viewers that the pictures of the fire near the marina and the collapsed bridges were not representative of the entire city. "I thought Al Michaels did a good job presenting what he knew. And Koppel, of course, is a superb interviewer and focuser of problems and tensions," Volker said. "A lot of the slick little rules of TV news production are put on the backburner. They [KGO] just opened up the newsroom and put people on without their makeup and without scripts and were telling the story — and that's to their credit," he said. He was generally pleased, he said, with the TV networks' coverage of the earthquake.Dr. Michael Cremedas, assistant professor of communications, who covered a hurricane while working as news director at a television station in Virginia, said that ABC had an advantage because it had extra reporters in town for the World Series.Cremedas added that ABC's coverage was superior because the network featured Al Michaels, a sports commentator, who had lived in California and was familiar with locations and traffic in San Francisco. Also, Cremedas said, "They had Ted Koppel who's very good at doing on-thespot coverage of something like this." At one point in ABC's broadcast, Koppel announced that the network had no new information to offer the viewers. At that time the network began to broadcast KGO's coverage. "You've got to remember that the networks, in a situation like that, are trying to give continuous coverage, which means staying on the air for three or four hours," Cremedas said. Photo by Steve Wimberg How 'bout a Drink?— Caroline Soule, finance senior, and Kim Whittmann, communications senior, examine Monday in the activities quad a car damaged in a DWI accident. See Scariano/page 7 See Earthquake/page 7 Inside This v/h^ Brain -C&Qh Matter see Life V*l !^D and Times j, *L page 15 -t "T